From Diagnosis to Melioration of Sustainable Development in SMEs: The SME-Sustainability Compass

Abstract

The paper presents the Sustainability compass, which aims at supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to improve the performance of their sustainable development; hereafter called the SME Sustainable compass (SME-SC). Firstly, the paper introduces the result of the first step of the project that proposes the Sustainability compass as an online diagnostic tool. Thus, the paper continues with the second step of the project, which uses the data captured in the previous step to develop a recommender system to suggest the models to follow, and specific recommendations of those role models. Accordingly, a general architecture for the SME-SC is presented. Finally, the paper ends with a discussion, conclusion, and further research directions.